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Midmarket Silver partners pay better according to Redmond channel magazine

jeffl — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 05:00:00 GMT

An interesting insight captured from the salary survey released by RCPMag is that Midmarket Silver Partners pay higher than their counterparts.

Another interesting insight is that ISVs and System Integrators are roughly similar in what they pay while other partner categories trail significantly.

You can read the whole article here: http://rcpmag.com/articles/2011/06/01/salary-survey-2011.aspx

Jeff Loucks

IAMCP Advocates for change – Silver Partners get 25 SBS User CALs

jeffl — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

This morning I received word back from the Microsoft Server and Cloud group that they will be increasing the number of Client Access Licenses given to Silver Partners to 25.

Here is my initial case on behalf of partners:

Hello SBS team,

As an advocate for the partner community I would like to point out a silly mistake in the partner benefits and elaborate a case for change.

Keeping this short, it is better if partners install on SBS since it gets them up and running with a pile of MS technologies all at once in a best practices based configuration.

Partners get 25 CALS for all core products except for SBS which they get 10. I suggest you change this to 25.

You as a team should want partners installing SBS for their internal use. As for Microsoft, the easier it is to get partners using all of the technologies in SBS the better it is for talking about those technologies with clients.

https://www.microsoft.com/partner/licensingcalculator/default.aspx

A number of SBS MVPs supported the push notably Philip Elder and Andy Trish. Michael Leworthy from Microsoft was the internal advocate. In response to further details on the availability of the new CALs, Michael stated it should happen fairly quick. I want to thank Microsoft for reacting quickly to this need for choice in the partner community.

Jeff Loucks

Senior Strategic Architect | Winrox | 425-577-7377

IAMCP Canada | President | 800-783-6410

IAMCP International | Vice President

[Partners] Microsoft Platform Ready

lfranco — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

¿Eres Microsoft Partner o lo tiene en mente?

Entonces tengo buenas notícias! El día 29 de Octubre se lanzo Microsoft Partner Network (MPN). Después de más de un año en transición, los nuevos niveles y los nuevos requisitos por competencias se exigirán a partir de esa fecha para los partners nuevos y para aquellos que tengan que renovar a partir de la fecha de lanzamiento del nuevo Partner Network (hasta la fecha de renovación se mantendrá el nivel y beneficios que se ostentará en el MSPP). MPN sustituye al antiguo Micrososft Partner Program (MSPP) que se lanzó hace 8 años.

Este cambio potencia la especialización de nuestro canal y la diferenciación, y responde a la demanda de nuestros clientes y partners. El programa tiene los siguientes niveles: Gold, Silver, Subscription y Community, y 30 competencias (Virtualización, Business inteligence, Application Platform, ISVs…).

Hay cambios en cuanto a los requisitos de las competencias tanto para el nivel Silver (antiguo Certified) como para el nivel Gold. Desde el punto de vista de los ISVs supone la incorporación de nuevas certificaciones de productos válidas para los dos niveles.

Para conseguir la competencia ISVs en el nivel Silver se solicitará una aplicación certificada con uno de los siguientes test:

Windows 7 Platform Ready
Windows Server 2008 R2 Platform Ready
Windows Azure Platform Ready
SQL Azure Platform Ready
Microsoft Surface Test

Los test que hasta ahora tuvierais hechos serán validos para la competencia hasta Mayo de 2011, pero es momento de ir alineándose con los nuevos requisitos. Ya puedes realizar los nuevos Test a través de Microsoft Platform Ready de forma rápida, sencilla y sin ningún coste para el partner.

http://www.microsoftplatformready.com/spain/home.aspx

Date de alta en Microsoft Platform Ready con tu usuario y contraseña del programa de partners, da de alta todas tus aplicaciones, independientemente de la fase en la que estén (desarrollo, pruebas, producción, etc) y aprovecha los recursos de MPR (recursos de desarrollo, realiza test de certificación, material de marketing, etc).

Si realizas algunos de los test, estos automáticamente volcaran en MPN y podrás asociarlo a la competencia para la que sean válidos.

A parte de ISVs, hay otras competencias que permitirán la certificación de una aplicación para obtenerla en su nivel Silver.

Application Integration = Windows Server 2008 R2 Platform Ready
Data Platform = SQL Server 2008 R2 Platform Ready
Business Intelligent = SQL Server 2008 R2 Platform Ready
Content Management = Sharepoint Server 2010 Platform Ready (proximamente disponible)
Unified Communication = Unified Communicatios Platform Ready ( aun no disponible)

Para aquellos que queráis optar a la competencia Gold de ISVs los test que se solicitaran son:

Certified for Windows Server 2008 R2 o
Windows 7 Logo Test

Un saludo,

The SQL Server Service Broker or Database Mirroring transport is disabled or not configured

Anonymous — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

In the recent times the alert 'The SQL Server Service Broker or Database Mirroring transport is disabled or not configured' has been reported by monitoring software. The initial thoughts were to check SQL Server error log for any database mirroring related issues or watch the status of mirroring from Database Mirroring Monitor on Management Studio, the DBM is configured as HIGH AVAILABILITY with automatic failover and the Service Broker is not configured as a part of standard install. To check further...(read more)

Exchange Server 2010 SP1 VHD Demo Download

jeffl — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Microsoft has published the Exchange 2010 SP1 Virtual Server for Download on a 60 trial activation. This gives administrators the ability to test drive the functionality before implementing the changes in a production environment.

See the Download page here: Exchange 2010 SP1 VHD

Program Details

The evaluation period for this virtual machine image ends 180 days after the image has been activated. After the 180 days, the evaluation period is over and the image should be discarded.

For complete use-rights, please refer to the EULA contained within this evaluation package.

· Do not redistribute this image.

· Do not put this image into a production environment.

· It is recommended not to join this image to a corporate network.

· If you choose to join this image to an external network, you should immediately download updates and security patches for the operating system and all applications.

Prerequisites

In order to use this evaluation package you will need to have Microsoft Hyper-V installed on a physical machine.

Hyper-V is available on Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2, and the details on how to install Hyper-V can be found here.

Getting Started in Hyper-V

Overview

The evaluation package referenced in this document includes a number of pre-configured virtual machine that you will use to run your evaluation

File name

SLC-DC01.vhd

The above table includes the file necessary to deploy this evaluation image. The file was extracted into the same folder as this document when you ran the installer.

In order to use this evaluation you need to add this package as a new virtual machine to your Hyper-V installation. To do this, perform the following steps from the administration console of your Virtual Server:

· Add the virtual machine to Hyper-V Manager

· Launch the virtual machine

· Configuring virtual networks

· Activate Windows Server 2008 R2

Import the virtual machine to your Hyper-V Manager

1. Open Hyper-V Manager. Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Hyper-V Manager.

2. If you are not already connected to the server that owns the shared storage, connect to that server.

3. From the Action pane, click Import Virtual Machine.

4. Click Browse and select the folder SLC-DC01 in the Import Virtual Machine popup screen.

5. Click Import and then click close.

Launch the Virtual Machine

1. Once you go through the steps in Add the virtual machine to your Hyper-V manager, the virtual machine you added will be listed under the Virtual Machines pane.

2. Right-Click on the virtual machine and click Start.

Configuring virtual networks

Open Hyper-V Manager.
From the Actions menu, click Virtual Network Manager.
Under Create virtual network, select the type of network you want to create. The types of network are External, Internal, and Private. Note: You'll need to select "External" to perform the activation step next.
Click Add. The New Virtual Network page appears.

Type a name for the new network. Review the other properties and modify them if necessary.

Activate Windows Server 2008 R2 (for 180 day eval)

If SLC-DC01 is not started at this time, right click SLC-DC01, In the Hyper-V Manager, and choose Start.
Once it is started, double-click SLC-DC01 to open the window. At the logon prompt, logon using the Username and Password below. Note: There will be a pause while the VM installs the new hardware and assigns a DHCP address from your network.
Click Start, right-click Computer, and then click Properties.
In the System Properties window, click Activate, in the Windows Activation section. Choose the option to Activate over the internet, when prompted.
Once activated, click Start and then Shutdown.
Once the VM is shutdown, you can perform two optional steps:
1. Change your network adapter type from External to Internal or Private, by bringing up the properties of the network adapter in the Virtual Network Manager under the Actions menu.
2. Take a snapshot of your virtual machine by right-clicking SLC-DC01 in the Hyper-V Management console and choosing Snapshot.

Username and Password

Use the following information to log on to Microsoft Windows contained within the virtual machine

· Username: contoso\Administrator

· Password: pass@word1

Evaluation package contents

Operating System

This image contains Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition installed using a default configuration. No optional components are included.

Jeff Loucks
Available Technology

CRM Partner Demo Environment Download (4.0)

jeffl — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

The CRM demo environment is set to expire on August 12th 2010. If you are looking for the latest VPC image it can be found on partner source at the following links:

CRM 4 July 2010 VPC.part01.exe

https://mbs.microsoft.com/fileexchange/?fileID=d4dc2e74-56ea-42a6-9138-3ac6cd6e1aad

CRM 4 July 2010 VPC.part02.rar

https://mbs.microsoft.com/fileexchange/?fileID=b893ee03-1a0c-4aec-8da9-6586a8efc9d0

CRM 4 July 2010 VPC.part03.rar

https://mbs.microsoft.com/fileexchange/?fileID=42fce544-1b14-4e1a-a477-e04c56c51c39

CRM 4 July 2010 VPC.part04.rar

https://mbs.microsoft.com/fileexchange/?fileID=385a09e6-d9ae-4991-bfb5-b028102e80d8

Jeff Loucks
Available Technology

Microsoft Architects Insight Conference AIC - 2010:: Architecture as a Business Differentiator

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

The fifth annual Microsoft Architect Insight Conference builds once again on the success of previous years with another line-up of compelling guest speakers ready to share their opinions. The theme of this year’s event will focus on how successful architecture is rapidly becoming a key business differentiator both for today’s architect, and for tomorrow’s. This time round we are moving back to a full two-day, three-track format, with the added flexibility for architects to attend one or both days....(read more)